I agree. A set of by-laws would great.
Tina
Auglaize & Shelby
At 08:38 AM 11/17/2008 -0500, you wrote:
'siyo Dale and OHGenWeb Folks,
I do approve of the idea of a formal set of by-laws and do in support of
the idea volunteer to be a member of a committee to propose them.
Sgi,
Bill
Wood Co.
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Dale Grimm wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> Genealogy is getting to be big business. Witness the growth of
>
ancestry.com. Millions of dollars are spent annually by people researching
> their ancestry.
>
> And here we are, a group of volunteers who provide the information free.
> We have banded together for the common good to help draw visitors to our
> sites.
>
> Luckily OHGenWeb has progressed quite smoothly - everyone seems to be
> minding their own business and tending to their own sites. But every now
> and then someone comes in to try to overturn the apple cart. Right now
> there is one individual who has, for at least three years, insisted that he
> has a right to be an OHGenWeb webmaster. But so far my job has been a
> breeze. I just send in reports on membership, pass along messages from
> USGenWeb and answer about 3 questions each week from the state site.
>
> Right now the only rules governing OHGenWeb are a handful of motions that
> were put into place to handle specific issues as they arose.
>
> I believe that it's time we looked at adopting an official set of bylaws to
> govern the organization. The time to protect our investment in time and
> money is before problems arise, not after.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
>
>
> Dale